Rebbe David HALBERSTAM, the Kr'Shanover Rav was the Rebbe of Kr'shanov
or Chrzanow in Polish, just a few short miles from the infamous Auschwitz
death camp. Auschwitz [Oscwiecim in Polish,
known pre-holocaust by the Jews as Oshpitzen]
was a town with a lot of Bobover and Sanzer Chassidim.